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For a Synodal Church Newsletter (June 2023)

On Sunday, 25th June, Mr Thierry Bonaventura, the Communications Manger for the Universal Synod issued the following newsletter and further information in relation to the Instrumentum Laboris and the methodology that will be used for the Synod in October this year....

|Jun 26, 2023

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Instrumentum Laboris for Synod 2021-2024

The Instrumentum Laboris, the official working document for the first session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, was launched today, 20 June 2023. A large number of people from various parts of the world with different expertise prepared...

|Jun 20, 2023

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Update for Parishes and Groups

​Synod 2021-2024: For a synodal Church: communion, participation and mission  In October 2021 the Catholic Church's synodal process on the theme of synodality began. This was the first time that a worldwide listening process and consultation with parishes and...

|Mar 29, 2023

Working Document for the Continental Stage of the Synod

The working document for the Continental Stage of the Synod was launched today, 27th October, during a press conference which was live-streamed from the Holy See Press Office. The Document for the Continental Stage (DCS) is the fruit of the syntheses received from 112...

Witnesses to the wonders the Lord is working

Witnesses to the wonders the Lord is working

Press release from synod.va at the end of the meeting to draft the Document for the Continental Stage of the 2021-2023 Synodal Process Frascati, Italy, 21 September - 02 October 2022 About 50 participants from all over the world met in Frascati at the John XXIII...

Whispers of the Spirit in the Irish Church

Whispers of the Spirit in the Irish Church

The chiming of a bell next Saturday evening at the ancient monastic site of Clomacnoise will be significant. It calls together for silence and prayer a motley crew of well over 100 people, laity, religious, priests and bishops, all participants at a day-long national...